I'll Seize the Day Tomorrow by Jonathan Goldstein

Often silly and inane, occasionally human and vulnerable, I’ll Seize the Day Tomorrow is a rallying cry for anyone who laments the rose-colored remembrances of things past and needs to wake up and smell the coffee.
-NY Journal of Books

I'll Seize the Day Tomorrow is the story of Jonathan Goldstein's journey to find some great truth on his road to forty. In a series of wonderfully funny stories, the host of CBC's WireTap recounts the highs and lows of his last year in his thirties. Throughout the year, Goldstein asks weighty questions that would stump a person less seasoned. For example: What is it about a McRib that drives people crazy? Can we replace extending an olive leaf with extending an olive jar? How much wisdom can we glean from episodes of Welcome Back, Kotter? His friends and family, many of them known through their appearances on WireTap, weigh in with hilarious results as Goldstein eats, sleeps, and watches bad TV all the way to his date with destiny.

Jonathan Goldsteins writing has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, GQ, and The National Post. He is a regular contributor to Public Radio Internationals This American Life and is the author of Ladies and Gentlemen, The Bible! and Lenny Bruce Is Dead. His radio show, WireTap, is now in its ninth season.

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NY Journal of Books

Reviewed by Meenakshi Venkat
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May 26 2013

Often silly and inane, occasionally human and vulnerable, I’ll Seize the Day Tomorrow is a rallying cry for anyone who laments the rose-colored remembrances of things past and needs to wake up and smell the coffee.